Doug LaMalfa

UAFA strongly supports Congressman LaMalafa's legislation, the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023.

Tell PHMSA to stick with the mandates that you have given.

R&D shouldn't need environmental review.

My constituents when I go see them, they are just tired of being under the gun of fire danger.

We must undertake the paradigm shift that the Forest Service has been calling for and dramatically increase management to restore forest health.

The pace and scale of active management on these forests and landscapes must be drastically increased, and this must happen right now.

We have to find a way to work around the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws that are set in place for obviously good reasons but can be challenging and cumbersome to actually get good work done on the ground to enhance…

Thank you. Thanks for the indulgence on that. We have you here so I would like the opportunity for follow-up.

I share your frustration as well on getting permitting done to do some of the other things we need to do.

So please, anybody on the panel that was-- you are nodding your head, too--send your thoughts along as I have run myself out of time here.

Yes, indeed, had California been required to do the high-speed rail--I call it high-cost rail--project on its own without Federal help.

Although the 2020 Navigable Water Protection Rule finally provided long-awaited clarity on the scope of WOTUS, the new Administration has decided to unravel this rule, once again creating confusion and chaos.

The marijuana is running rampant with cartels.

We have multinational cartels up there getting away with this as farms go dry, and even water for fire suppression is taken away.

A one-size-fits-all--if government ends up, because of this climate change situation, forcing this on farmers, we are going to be in a bad way in this country as our people and others around the world look to us

It was sold to the voters then in 2008 as a $33 billion project with the possibility of adding also a Sacramento and a San Diego spur.

This is a critical situation. So, we need not be just looking into it.

If you have got it, a truck brought it

We have a lot of ability in this country to make up for imports.

So, the Secretary of Transportation has called for railroads to improve their service levels.

The statement was made that there is too much money going towards highways and highway lanes. That could not be farther from the truth in rural use because people are very limited on these alternates.

Well, thank you, Madam Chair. I hope you are doing well.

Agriculture is an extremely important part of the fiber of this country, obviously, and so, when we see our shelves are empty...

I think that farmers do need a lot more credit, as do foresters, for the work that they do to protect our natural resources.

Yes, the whole process for ACEP and RCPP easements has become cumbersome in approving and closing easements.